I am fortunate to be able to talk to small and large business via Smartcompany but also appear on David Koch’s Channel 7 program Kochie’s Bu…
I am fortunate to be able to talk to small and large business via Smartcompany but also appear on David Koch’s Channel 7 program Kochie’s Bu…
One of the great things about writing for SmartCompany is that the blogs you have written over many years, almost five in my case, are there…
I was in a small coffee shop in Sydney this week and was reminded why good retailers always talk about detail. Big or small, old or new, ret…
I walked through small independent stores this week, trend spotting in advance of two friends of mine coming to Australia for speaking engag…
I suggested in a recent post that many highly paid government employees should perhaps spend more time in the real world to better understan…
From walking small strip malls and high streets this month, it was easy to see the impact of sluggish retail sales on small, independently o…
Last week I wrote about feedback from calls I had made to retailers, distributors, sales agents and brand owners taking the temperature of b…
I didn’t spend my week in stores, but on the phone to retailers, distributors, sales agents and brand owners taking the temperature of busin…
I’ve written many times about the changing composition of retailer and manufacturer boards around the world. To better understand shopper�…
Blogging for SmartCompany over the past four years has been a truly interesting and educational process. While I hope some of the observa…
There is constant and ongoing debate in the press and industry forums by retailers and distributors regarding retail own brand, parallel imp…
Last week’s announcement by Tesco of flat sales and profit growth highlighted just how fine a balancing act it is for major retailers and ma…
